2017 Les Grandes Murailles
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Tasted blind. Deep ruby colour. Leather and liquorice on the nose. Very dark and brooding. An excess of oak and extraction and dark fruit on the palate. This is bold and muscular, but the sweetness of spice brings a jarring cherry-cola note throughout. (TP)
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James Suckling
Neal Martin
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The 2017 Les Grandes Murailles is a beautiful wine, but it is also a bit richer and more overt than it has been in the past. Inky blue/purplish fruit, chocolate, menthol, spice and sweet oak add to the wine's decidedly extroverted personality. The 2017 is an especially bold, luscious Grandes Murailles.
Deep garnet-purple in color, the 2017 Grandes Murailles reveals a very pretty nose of potpourri, black tea and fragrant soil over a core of raspberry preserves, boysenberries, warm plums and iron ore. Medium-bodied, the palate is refreshing and well-textured with soft, rounded tannins, finishing long and savory.
The 2017 Les Grandes Murailles has a well defined, attractive bouquet with plenty of brambly red berry fruit, cedar and sage aromas, and nicely focused. The palate is medium-bodied with supple tannins and a fine bead of acidity with a poised and elegant finish that deserves a light round of applause. Worth checking out.